18th Oct 2016, 6:07 PM – RepresentativesKeith Pitt voted with the majority (Yes) on the division Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 and one other - Third Reading - Pass the bill

The purpose of the Building and Construction Industry (Improving Productivity) Bill 2013 (the Bill) is to re‑institute a separate workplace relations framework for the building industry based largely on the Building and Construction Industry Improvement Act 2005 (the BCII Act). Among other things the Bill re-establishes the Australian Building and Construction Commission (ABCC), reintroduces provisions dealing with unlawful industrial action, coercion and the associated civil penalties specific to the building industry, and broadens the application of those provisions to include transporting and supplying of goods to be used in building work.